2436 x 3248 px | 20,6 x 27,5 cm | 8,1 x 10,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 settembre 2014
Ubicazione:
Trivandrum,Kerala, India
Altre informazioni:
Kathakali performers use a luxuriant costume. Characters have their faces elaborately painted and they wear stylized costumes and tall headdresses. Great importance is laid on the Vesham or make-up which are of five types - Pacha, Kathi, Thadi, Kari and Minukku. The colours used in the make-up are determined by the nature of the characters. The costumes in Kathakali represents the three qualities of nature viz. satya (nobility), rajas (aggressiveness) and tamas (darkness) represented by pacha, kathi and thadi respectively.Kathakali Mudras - Symbols used in Kathakali A Kathakali actor enacts his ideas through Mudras. There are 24 main mudras and numerous other lesser mudras and these can be again classified into 'Samaana-mudras' (one mudra symbolizing two entities) or misra-mudras (both the hands are used to show these mudras). Kathakali Music and Orchestration The Kathakali music provides a perfect background to the performance. Chenda, maddalam, chengila and elathalam are the four instruments used to provide the instrumental background (melam) for kathakali. Normally, two singers provide the vocal accompaniment. The style of singing particular to Kathakali is called Sopana sangeetham (Sopana Music). Of the two singers, the first singer (pinnani) keeps the steady beat of the thala (rhythmic pattern) by using the chengila (gongs), made of bell metal. The Kathakali show is usually conducted at night and ends in early morning. The most popular stories enacted are Nala Charitam (Story of a king betrayed by Gods), Duryodhana Vadham (from Mahabharata), Kalyanasowgandhikam (Mahabharata), Keechaka Vadham (Mahabharata), Kiratham (Mahabharata), Karna Shapadham (Mahabharata) etc. As part of popularization of the dance form, Shakespeare's King Lear, the Biblical story of Mary Magdalin etc... were composed in Kathakali script recently. Kathakali which symbolizes the visual art of Kerala has now developed to be qualified as a universal art. The main reason for its appeal is i
